8 Ways to Enjoy Humor with Your Kids
You can support your child's sense of humor by creating a playful environment in your home. Experimenting with words, exchanging jokes, and sharing humorous stories are ways to help kids see the lighter side of life. Humor is a great stress-reducer, which makes it good for everyone's health. Kids who are able to use humor with their peers have an easier time in social situations.
Here are 8 ways to enjoy humor with your kids:
- Make up funny, alternative lyrics to familiar songs.
- Create new endings to nursery rhymes.
- Laugh at your children's puns and riddles—even if you've heard them before.
- Read humorous stories and jokes.
- Watch funny movies.
- Create a comedy night where you each do a stand-up routine.
- Help your kids understand that there's a difference between having fun and making fun of somebody. People's physical attributes, names, families, and origins are off-limits for jokes.
- Older kids will find it interesting to learn about various types of humor like satire, caricature, comics, and slapstick.
To read about what kids find funny, go to It’s a Funny Thing....
To get ideas for making a Family Joke Book, click here.
To find great jokes, riddles, and humorous stories, check out Highlights ®, Highlights High Five ™, and HighlightsKids.com.